by Dan Williams | Feb 22, 2022 | Blogs, Health, Psychology
Health is complicated. Every human being is an impossibly complicated petri dish of variables that all work together to impact our lives. And, viewed in isolation, the advice is pretty simple. Eat more veggies, eat less cake. Smoke less. Exercise more. Drink less....
by Dan Williams | Feb 5, 2022 | Blogs, Health, Psychology
When it comes to learning new exercises and movements, we seem to automatically understand that we get better at things by practicing them. When babies become toddlers, their walking improves the more they do. When kids learn to throw and catch, they become stronger...
by Dan Williams | Oct 16, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Nutrition, Programming, Psychology, Weight Loss
There is one MASSIVE glaring problem with habit building that no one’s talking about. Because of this oversight, well-meaning people (just like you) launch into a new diet or exercise regime with the best of intentions, but then come crashing down in a ball of flames...
by Dan Williams | Aug 21, 2020 | Blogs, Business, For Fitness Professionals, Psychology
There comes a time when you know enough about something. Nothing against lifelong learning and a growth mindset, but there comes a point when you’ve done enough courses and certificates, and accumulated enough qualifications. In this case, I speak specifically to...
by Dan Williams | Aug 18, 2020 | Blogs, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Nutrition, Psychology
This is part of a series of eight Range of Motion Nutrition Coaching webinars and blogs from Ash Dean, where you will learn how environmental factors and habits form good health and nutrition. Our purpose is to provide you with simple and sustainable behavioural...
by Dan Williams | Aug 14, 2020 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Older Persons, Programming, Psychology, Weight Loss
Usually reserved for big sweaty dudes with bulging muscles and bushy beards, ‘Strongman’ style training may actually be one of the best things you can do for your health and fitness. ‘Strongman’ training is characterised by heavy weights, odd objects and short,...
by Dan Williams | Aug 7, 2020 | Blogs, Business, For Fitness Professionals, Psychology
Time, not money is the most valuable resource we have. Though both time and money can be used to buy the other (we can spend our time to earn money, and we can use money to free up our time), the ultimate currency is our time. And we have more than we think. But...
by Dan Williams | Jul 23, 2020 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Psychology
This is part of a series of eight Range of Motion Nutrition Coaching webinars and blogs from Ash Dean, where you will learn how environmental factors and habits form good health and nutrition. Our purpose is to provide you with simple and sustainable behavioural...
by Dan Williams | Jun 12, 2020 | Blogs, Business, Exercise Philosophies, For Fitness Professionals, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Psychology
As human, we place a lot of importance on what other people think of us. It makes sense. We want people to like us. We want people to respect us. We want people to think more highly of us. It comes from our evolutionary past. If we’re liked, we’re more likely to find...
by Dan Williams | Apr 26, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, Psychology
So you’ve settled into the ‘new world’ (at least for now). You’re beginning to build some new routines and COVID-19 isolation is starting to feel like the ‘new normal’. And you’ve managed to scrape together a few select pieces of exercise equipment. Of course there...
